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Mixed Remixed Festival

2016年06月10日 - 2016年06月11日

Friday–Saturday, June 10–11 FREE Mixed Remixed is an exciting film, book, and performance festival dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the mixed-heritage experience. Activities include panels, workshops, readings, and film screenings as well as live music, comedy, and spoken word. Mixed Remixed is timed to coincide with Loving Day (June 12), an annual worldwide commemoration of Loving ...

Target Free Family Saturday: Make Some Noise

2013年03月09日

Get ready for some musical fun! March's theme is music. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: • Strum super sounds on a cardboard guitar made by you! • Build a wooden harmonica and hum a fun tune • Ruthie's Origami Corner: Make an adorable origami rabbit • Stop by Patriots & Peacemakers for drop-in tours! SCHEDULE 11AM: Doors open 11AM-2PM: Kidding Around the Kitchen will show you how to make delicious Mediterranean ...

'YOU DON'T KNOW JACK: THE JACK SOO STORY' TO BE SCREENED JULY 31

2010年07月24日

The documentary, "You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story", highlighting the life of actor Jack Soo, will be screened on Saturday, July 31, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, with producer/director/writer Jeff Adachi on hand to discuss his work and to answer questions. Best known for his role as Detective Sgt. Nick Yemena in the popular 1970s situation comedy "Barney Miller", Soo was bor...

Chiptune Electronic Music Workshop

2009年11月07日

Come for an amazing day of electronic chiptune culture! See how the gaming culture has influenced modern electronic dance music, especially dance-pop, house music and techno in this extremely unique workshop hosted by Adam Robezzoli of attractmo.de.

1st Annual Asian American Jazz Festival

2009年11月01日

The 1st annual Asian American Jazz Festival is the world's premiere festival celebrating the creative and innovative artistic visions and achievements of Asian American and Asian jazz artists from around the world. Although all artists come from different experiences, their interconnected identities will unite them through a common musical medium to create a unique, expressive, and culturally relevant Asian American ...

Voices from Okinawa

2007年04月05日

A Staged Reading by East West Players' Writers Gallery Kama Hutchins, an American graduate student of one quarter Okinawan descent, teaches English in Okinawa and receives an unexpected education in Okinawan-American relations. From the author of Leilani's Hibiscus and Lucky Go Hawaii. Developing new work and introducing new talent is vital to the creative process at East West Players. Promising new scripts are p...

Learn How To Cook Or Create Cards On July 11 At The Japanese American National Museum

1998年07月07日

The Japanese American National Museum is offering a chance for you to create "nori-seared scallops and soba noodles," or origami (paper folding) summer flowers, both on July 11 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Learn the art of Maui Beach Cafe Cuisine with Chef Mako, or make your own timeless greeting cards with summer flowers; it’s your choice! The Japanese American National Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Litt...

Art FUNshop - Family Activity: Photo Collage

1997年10月05日

Make a collage of your family, friends, and even yourself out of photographs, copies, decorative paper, magazine cutouts, and stickers taught by artist Kay Reiko Torres. Fun for children and families. Free with Museum admission. Reservations required by October 1. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Japanese American Artist

1997年07月13日

Lecture Featuring: Tom Wolf, Ph.D. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) began life in America like many other Issei (first generation of immigrant Japanese Americans). Following his arrival in 1906, he took on odd jobs in a Spokane railroad yard, a Seattle office building, and as an Imperial Valley farm worker. By the 1930s, he was a well-known, well-respected New York artist. How did this Issei become one of the most ...

Jack Iwata Collection

(93.102) The online collection of photographer Jack Iwata includes 166 photographs and copy negatives taken at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps between 1942 and 1945. Jack Iwata was born in Seattle, Washington, but grew up in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He returned to the United States when he was 16 years old, and attended Whittier College in Whittier, California. Iwata began to work with famous photog...